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An internal feud between members of a nefarious Belize City gang has led to the murder of a young mother and a gunshot injury sustained by her four-year-old daughter. Sometime shortly after three a.m., an unknown individual opened fire into a beroom while Jasmine Domingo, her children and her brother were asleep in the lower […]
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This afternoon, the Belize Police Department discussed the heinous murder during its weekly press brief. Regional Commander, ACP Hilberto Romero is in charge of Eastern Division. He told reporters earlier that Domingo’s brother is believed to have been the intended target of the armed assault on the Plues Street residence. Assistant Commissioner of Police Romero […]
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The trauma experienced by the four-year-old survivor and the fact that femicide is an issue that is still not being addressed, are among a number of concerns for Thea Garcia-Ramirez, the President of the National Women’s Commission. She says that enough is not being done to protect our women and girls. Thea Garcia-Ramirez, President, […]
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A thirty-one-year old man is dead following a traffic accident on the San Estevan Road in the Orange Walk District. According to Police, Edwin Ramirez was riding his motorcycle when a Ford F-150 collided into him. He was flung from the bike and died at the scene. Assistant Commissioner of Police, Hilberto Romero, tells us […]
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A copy of the Redivision Report of the Elections and Boundaries Commission to the National Assembly has been leaked to the media. Viewers would recall that the commission had attempted to prevent a divulgence of information from the report before it was tabled in the House of Representatives. That effort to muzzle the press has […]
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In a legal matter that was taken to the Supreme Court by the Belize Peace Movement several years ago, the People’s United Party, as well as Lord Michael Ashcroft signed on as interested parties. In court, American journalist and political analyst Sean Trende gave testimony as a key expert. He also presented several recommendations in […]
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A notice of application for leave to apply for judicial review has been filed by Waterloo Holdings Limited, Belize Cruise Developments Limited, and Belize Logistics Terminal Limited, against the Department of Environment, NEAC and Portico Enterprises Limited. The applicants are all the intended developers of the cruise and cargo expansion project envisioned at the Port […]
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A new police station was launched in Seine Bight Village on Friday, following concerns raised by residents on the Placencia Peninsula last year regarding crime and violence in that tourism destination. The ministers of Home Affairs and Tourism, along with the Area Representative for Stann Creek West, and Commissioner of Police Chester Williams were on […]
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Today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, a CARICOM regional gender equality strategy validation meeting was held to look at a draft policy for the region. It comes almost a year after CARICOM has been doing its consultations. The draft policy aims towards women’s equality and will become the guiding gender policy for the […]
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In Belize, consultation on a draft National Gender Policy was launched earlier this year and will soon be tabled before the House of Representatives. President of the National Women’s Commission Thea Garcia-Ramirez says that while there are similar issues across all CARICOM member states, Belize does have some positive achievements. Thea Garcia-Ramirez, President, National […]
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Public Service Union representatives from throughout the Caribbean are gathered in Belize for their Fifty-first Annual Conference of the Caribbean Public Services Association, C.P.S.A. Fourteen of the region’s nineteen affiliates are in Belize for the event, which ends on Friday. The conference is divided into three meetings, with each group attending the forum that covers […]
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The association’s General-Secretary, Thomas Letang, was first elected to that post seventeen years ago right here in Belize. And now that he is once again in Belize, we asked him what have been the major accomplishments in that capacity during his time. Letang told us that he has made sure that he and his team […]
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Over the weekend, members of the media were invited to a familiarization trip at Belize Dive Haven. Although the trip was only for an overnight, we got a behind the scenes look at how many international tourists travel to Belize and spend a pretty penny to experience the underwater wonders that the country has to […]
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Lobster fest – it’s a seasonal event at this time of year when the lobster is prepared in different ways for your palate’s enjoyment, and that you’d be able to eat the delectable shellfish for as long as you stay at the event. That was the order of the day – or the weekend, whether […]
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It has become a problem on Caye Caulker for over a year now, resort and other beachfront property owners blocking off the beachfront, preventing the public from accessing the beach. It is an illegal act; Belize’s laws stipulate that there must be a sixty-six-foot space from the shoreline that is public space. This means that […]
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The Belize Police Department and the Belize Coast Guard, in partnership with the Princess Hotel, are providing swimming classes for children. A group of fifty kids from ten different communities across Belize City were chosen to participate in the Swim Stars Program. The swimming classes will run for two weeks. Participants will learn basic swimming […]
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.” That’s a quote from American Gymnast Simone Biles. True to the expression, Belize’s Under-Nineteen National Female Volleyball Team is putting it all on the line inside […]
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